Hello everyone.

I just found this forum as a result of my quest to find the cure for my extreme resistance to returning to a state of Ketosis.

My Story: I was 350+lbs in 2000 and then I heard of this "caveman" diet that two friends of friends had been instructed by doctors to go on and lost all this weight. Well I did a little research, and found a GREAT book called Sugar Busters. It was well written, lots of research went into it and I figured...what the heck, I can do this.

Well I jumped right in and began by eating a little in the AM a huge salad with meat and Blue Cheese at lunch and a salad with chicken (fast food with skin removed) and Blue Cheese at dinner and went to all diet soda and low or no carb liquor (Jack & Diet).

Back then people treated me like I was nuts when I would take a burger and eat it without the bun, they looked at me like I had a third eye when asking for a hot dog without the bun...now days it is so common that everyone seems aware of low carb dieting...what a change I have seen in the past 4 years.

I immediately started losing lots and lots of weight! The results were amazing, I went from 46+ waist pants that became harder and harder to find down to 38/40 waist pants in 8 months. I dropped between 80 & 100 lbs in less than 1 year. I almost never varied my routine, I never cheated, never "went off" for the weekend, just stuck with it and kept losing constantly.

Then it happened, I was at about 265-270 lbs and feeling pretty good and I decided well I have been good for a year why not go off for Christmas Season. I ate some chocolate and other high carb food and basically just went off the diet for a day and then figured I will jump back on and be just fine. I didn't lose a single pound since that day. That was in 2001.

Currently I am hovering at 300-315lbs. and have continued to slowly gain weight no matter what I try. I have even done the super strict ultra low calorie / low carb crash version that you can read about on Atkins web site to no avail. I cannot get a Ketone strip to turn Red if my life depended on it (which it does in all actuality). So I am here seeking help.

I may have already found some in the tips section. I am seeking the advice of anyone who has found a way to break extreme metabolic resistance to ketosis. If you are here...HELP.

Thanks,
-Rich